# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sameer-bandekar
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:33:51.333Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sameer-bandekar"
name: "Sameer Bandekar"
slug: "sameer-bandekar"
description: "Sameer Bandekar is an Indian cricket umpire who currently represents the United States. The first international match that Bandekar officiated in was a women's One Day International (ODI) in 1997. He stood in his first men's ODI match in 2002. He later emigrated to the United States, and was elected to the ICC Associates and Affiliates Umpire Panel in 2015. He stood in matches in the 2015 ICC Americas Twenty20 Division One tournament. He umpired in his first men's Twenty20 International (T20I) on 22 December 2021, between United States and Ireland."
tagline: "Umpire"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1964-10-29"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           36.7
  momentum:             3.902439024390244
  historical:           6.202052
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "سمير بانديكار"
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    title: "সমীর বন্ডেকর"
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    title: "సమీర్ బందేకర్"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump